Thailand and Cambodia ceasefire holds
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Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto hosted Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in Jakarta on Tuesday (Jul 29) for their first bilateral annual consultations since 2017.
A ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia held on Monday and military commanders from both sides met to discuss measures to maintain the truce, as some residents along the disputed frontier trickled back home after five days of intense fighting.
The breakthrough came after Mr Trump said that Thai and Cambodian leaders were willing to “quickly work out a ceasefire”. The US president said on Sunday he had threatened to pull out of deals to reduce tariffs on both nations unless they agreed to stop fighting.
The UN Security Council held an emergency closed-door meeting Friday in New York. Malaysia, which chairs the 10-nation regional bloc that includes both countries, called for an end to the hostilities and offered to mediate.
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